diff --git a/fmriprep/cli/parser.py b/fmriprep/cli/parser.py
index 0ccb02ad0..195706610 100644
--- a/fmriprep/cli/parser.py
+++ b/fmriprep/cli/parser.py
@@ -635,6 +635,13 @@ def _slice_time_ref(value, parser):
         dest='run_reconall',
         help='Disable FreeSurfer surface preprocessing.',
     )
+    g_fs.add_argument(
+        '--fs-no-resume',
+        action='store_true',
+        dest='fs_no_resume',
+        help='EXPERT: Import pre-computed FreeSurfer reconstruction without resuming. '
+        'The user is responsible for ensuring that all necessary files are present.',
+    )
 
     g_carbon = parser.add_argument_group('Options for carbon usage tracking')
     g_carbon.add_argument(
diff --git a/fmriprep/config.py b/fmriprep/config.py
index e01acec98..08fbb51ce 100644
--- a/fmriprep/config.py
+++ b/fmriprep/config.py
@@ -573,6 +573,8 @@ class workflow(_Config):
     """Run *fieldmap-less* susceptibility-derived distortions estimation."""
     hires = None
     """Run FreeSurfer ``recon-all`` with the ``-hires`` flag."""
+    fs_no_resume = None
+    """Adjust pipeline to reuse base template of existing longitudinal freesurfer"""
     ignore = None
     """Ignore particular steps for *fMRIPrep*."""
     level = None
diff --git a/fmriprep/workflows/base.py b/fmriprep/workflows/base.py
index 584a60e88..df3268a5d 100644
--- a/fmriprep/workflows/base.py
+++ b/fmriprep/workflows/base.py
@@ -321,6 +321,7 @@ def init_single_subject_wf(subject_id: str):
         output_dir=fmriprep_dir,
         freesurfer=config.workflow.run_reconall,
         hires=config.workflow.hires,
+        fs_no_resume=config.workflow.fs_no_resume,
         longitudinal=config.workflow.longitudinal,
         msm_sulc=msm_sulc,
         t1w=subject_data['t1w'],